a time to keep silence

A time to keep silence.... this is pretty much the perfect way to describe how I like to be when I'm taking photos. It is a time for just me, to escape the hustle and bustle, the sometimes relentless expectations, my workload, unfortunately my home stress due to having a child with ASD, and just life distractions in general.

I love to stand, almost like a flamingo ;-) and just watch the world go by. When I am shooting landscapes, I look for clouds - I just adore looking at them and hearing their names. I can almost tell by looking at them what type of sunset will ensue. And lately, I am looking for tiny humans. I call them tiny humans because I like to incorporate as much sky as I can into the shot, so in essence they become tiny but to me they are the soul of the photo because they portray something I am feeling at the time.

18mm, 1/160,  ISO 800,  f/8, ND8.

passing by

Passing by - I'm not sure if it is the Italian in me but I do love to people watch. The beach is the perfect place to do this as everyone is focussed on what they are doing, be it walking for fitness, going for a swim, spending time with family, fishing - it is a place to unwind, relax, leave the worst of the day behind you.

I step on to Grange beach in particular and just feel everything melt away, it is amazing the power this beach has over me. It is the perfect place to spend the last hours of the day with others who are quite obviously enjoying exactly the same thing.

These 3 walkers caught my eye as they were almost crossing paths, doing exactly the same thing, very close together but still so separately. I hand-held this shot using my ND8 filter to reduce the light as I was shooting directly into the lowering sun. The filter produces great silhouettes which I am a huge fan of :)

18mm, 1/1250,  ISO 800,  f/11, ND8.